La vie est à nous! (2005)

Director:

Gérard Krawczyk

Writers:

Jean-Marie Gourio (book), Gérard Krawczyk

Stars:

Sylvie Testud, Josiane Balasko, Michel Muller

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvie Testud	...	Louise Delhomme
Josiane Balasko	...	Blanche Delhomme
Michel Muller	...	La Puce
Eric Cantona	...	Pierre (L'oiseau bleu)
Catherine Hiegel	...	Lucie Chevrier
Carole Weiss	...	Irène
Maroussia Dubreuil	...	Cécile
Celia Rosich	...	Marion (as Célia Rosich)
Danny Martinez	...	Clément
Vincent Claude	...	La Puce enfant
Jil Milan	...	José
Jacques Mathou	...	M. Antoine
Agnès Château	...	Mme Antoine
Laurent Gendron	...	Alf
Chantal Banlier	...	Marguerite, la femme de la DDASS

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 December 2005 (France)

Filming Locations:

Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France

Box Office

Budget:

€5,340,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Flach Film, Oz Production, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Rain Drop"
Composed by Frédéric Chopin

User Reviews

Cafe Society

This is a pleasant, feel-good movie that may not exactly set the world on fire but may warm a few hearts. Two families run two cafes one on each side of a Route Nationale where it runs through a small town and the families are deadly rivals. The highest profiles are those of mother/daughter Josiane Balasko and Sylvie Testud, both solid performers and there's a neat twist when lorry drivers stage a strike and block the road at either end of the town. This, of course, provides opportunities for oneupmanship, dirty tricks etc and these are milked for all that the traffic will bear - sorry about that. English viewers will have mixed feelings about Eric Cantona, late of Manchester United, making yet another foray into the world of celluloid and seen naked yet strutting his stuff on top of Sylvie Testud. Overall I can think of worse ways to spend a hundred minutes.